Sentences with phrase «reduction in state funding»

This include wetlands protection, a weakening of clean water rules, a reduction in state funding for recycling, a conclusion for the office of Energy Independence and a removal of a loan and grant system that encourages companies to be energy efficient.

Then combined with a reduction in state funding for public schools and easier access to student loan debt; public schools went on a rampage of raising tuitions, fees, and expenses for students that attended.

Each voucher is worth $ 12,000, resulting in an expected impact of around $ 5 million, which is paid for using a reduction in state funding sent to public school districts.

Again, the studies discussed above do not offer much explanation, but two theories come to mind: perhaps universities look to exploit their pricing power in the market leading them to raise tuition whether appropriations rise or fall; or maybe when faced with a reduction in state funding, universities cut spending instead of raising tuition dollar for dollar.

If enacted, this would result in an $ 18 million reduction in state funding over the past three years and mark the fifth time that library funding has been cut over the same period.

Reductions in state funding fell disproportionately on Philadelphia.

The United Federation of Teachers yesterday proposed state legislation that will require charter schools to accept and keep comparable numbers of high - needs students as traditional public schools or risk reductions in state funding, state renewals, expansions or new schools and — for repeated offenses — forfeiting their charters.

A change to how the state counts students — a change that has all the legislative support it needs to pass — could mean two out of every three Indiana school districts could see reductions in their state funding come 2013.

In 2012, when Madison faced declining enrollment and a reduction in state funds, the district decided to lay off several teachers, including Elliot.

If you follow news about the mounting student loans debt, you will most often hear people talk about the problem of rising tuition prices which is often blamed on things like the reductions in state funding for state colleges, overblown infrastructure spending on campuses, and bloated college administration budgets.

Not exact matches

However, with technology - based education initiatives likely to see a reduction in federal and state funding in the coming years, the public sector will likely not have the resources to step in and help bridge the gap between a lack of skilled workers and unfilled jobs.

He also expressed his confidence in the implementation of «a successful rationalisation process with a massive reduction in debts» in the state investment fund in the remaining months of 2015.

Those savings would be partially offset by other changes in coverage provisions — spending for a new Patient and State Stability Fund, designed to reduce premiums, and a reduction in revenues from repealing penalties on employers who do not offer insurance and on people who do not purchase insurance.

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The reductions come in the wake of losing $ 500,000 in state funding — more than 60 percent of Trailside's annual operating budget.

AFRICOM has a fledgling office for security cooperation in the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, and the State Department's Bureau of Political - Military Affairs maintains a fund for Conventional Weapons Reduction (CWD); though no funds have been allocated for Libya for this fiscal year, or the next.

The multi-year tables in New York State's just - released Enacted Budget Financial Plan for fiscal 2015 make continued use of Governor Andrew Cuomo's new fiscal conjuring device: a lump - sum, below - the - line reduction in future projected spending, based on the assumption that the governor will «propose, and negotiate with the Legislature to enact budgets that hold State Operating Funds spending growth to 2 percent.»

Gov. David Paterson last Thursday proposed $ 5 billion in cuts over the next two years to fill a growing state budget deficit, and the plan makes deep reductions in funding to education, health care and state agencies.

Funding for the Department of Insurance is reduced by $ 32 million, reflecting savings achieved through a $ 30 million reduction in health insurance subsidy payments made under the Timothy's Law program and $ 2 million from net State operations changes.

Gov. David Paterson has apparently included $ 775 million in cuts to state funding for health care services in his latest budget extender bill, making good on his pledge to try to force the Legislature's hand on some of his proposed spending reductions.

«Or if after 90 days the legislature fails to adopt their own plan, the reductions to the general fund and state special revenue fund appropriations and related disbursements identified in the division of the budget plan will go into effect automatically.»

Among the many likely effects of the bill is a reduction in Medicaid funding to New York State in the tens of billions of dollars over the next ten years.

House and Senate Republicans offered two different versions of no - tax - increase budget plans Tuesday that they insist can solve the state's projected two - year, $ 5 billion deficit without savage reductions in state aid to cities and towns and school funding.

There will likely be no additional state park closures this year, despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for a nearly $ 19 million reduction in funding to the agency.

From the President who has refused to act on investigative reports submitted to him on grievous allegations of diverting over a billion naira meant for resettlement of Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal under the Presidential Initiative for the North East (PINE) and the miraculous discovery of 13billion naira in an apartment at Ikoyi, Lagos under the supervision of the Director of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke, to the Head of Service of the Federation, Oyo - Ita Winifred Ekanem, who connived with others to reinstate into active duty and promote Abdulrasheed Maina, the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, who allegedly stole over 6billion naira pension fund; the Chief of Staff to President Buhari now renamed the «Thief of Staff», Abba Kyari, who allegedly received a bribe of 500million naira to negotiate a fine reduction for MTN Nigeria, and has continuously been in the heart of every sharp practices in the Presidency; the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu who allegedly received a kickback of 3.8 billion naira in exchange for marginal oilfield using his brother, Dumebi Kachikwu as front; the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, who was the brain behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai who during his time as the Director of Procurement at the Army Headquarters allegedly diverted funds meant to equip the Military into buying choice properties worth millions of dollar in Dubai; the Minister for Solid Minerals, Dr. Kayode Fayemi who allegedly embezled State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) funds as the Governor of Ekiti State; the Minister for Interior, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau who was indicted by a Presidential investigative committee probing Arm procurement for awarding ghost contracts worth $ 930,500,690 with others while as the Chief of Army Staff between 2008 - 2010 and one of the brains behind the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina; the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi alleged to have stolent 142billion naira as the Governor of Rivers State.

Due to the fact many services provided by the County of Erie, State of New York are fully or partially paid for by the federal government, on March 16, 2017 County Executive Mark Poloncarz ordered certain commissioners and heads of departments that rely on federal funding to review the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint and provide a report on the expected impact of it on Erie County services, including, but not limited to, the identification of any programs impacted by the Trump 2018 Budget Blueprint (including the expected cut in funds received), possible reduction in direct county jobs as a result of any cut, impact on third parties that receive funds from Erie County that are received from the federal government, as well as any other known impact.

The loss of these local funds triggers a reduction of an additional $ 2.8 million in State Library Aid as well as the loss of other library operating revenue.

Now, according to New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer, the governor is trying yet again to grow his authority, burying in his proposed budget language that would give the state budget director unilateral ability to pass cuts down to local government officials to manage the funding reductions widely expected to come from the Trump administration and GOP Congress.

Cuomo's office released a by - the - numbers breakdown of the impact of the American Health Care Act would have on New York, such as a $ 4.7 billion shift in Medicaid costs to the state from county governments, a $ 355 million reduction in payments to hospitals and a $ 2.3 billion hit to Medicaid funding overall.

Still, critics of the reduction in the minority workforce goal see it as evidence of the state's failure to prioritize diversity on publicly - funded projects.

But she said with the state also facing multi-billion-dollar reductions in Medicaid funding, it's hard to tell how that could be achieved.

Testimony includes: recommendations for the 2014 - 2015 state fiscal year; review of actual and proposed reductions in human services spending; use of federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funding in the 2014 - 2015 Executive Budget; and, the impact of decline in the purchasing power of the monthly cash assistance grant.

Cuomo says he may have to call a special session in December to deal with potential funding cuts from Washington that he deemed a «federal assault» on New York, saying all hospitals will «need to find savings» and work with state and local governments to make ends meet due to the reductions.

But Democratic leaders and Malloy said the proposed $ 300 million cut in state funding for the University of Connecticut and other spending reductions were unacceptable.

As part of the $ 2.8 billion budget reduction plan legislators were poised to vote on, the state will likely hold up for six months millions of dollars in HEAL NY funds to Flushing Hospital, Jamaica Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital, Mt. Sinai Hospital in Astoria and Forest Hills Hospital, according to Stavisky.

According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrissu, the state of healthcare in the country requires adequate financing, and as such the Health Insurance Fund must not suffer a reduction.

However, both SolarCity and officials with SUNY Polytechnic Institute, which is spearheading construction of the 1.2 million - square - foot facility with $ 750 million in state funding, deny that the job reductions reflect a setback for the project, which has experienced cash flow issues in recent months and may be the focus of a federal probe by U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara.

For starters, the Mayor and the City Council have the power to use a portion of the city's estimated $ 3.5 billion surplus to offset reductions in state education funding.

It was no coincidence that DiNapoli, in this election year, managed major reductions in local pension payments to the state retirement fund.

Bulging class sizes, stagnant salaries, fewer teachers and limited supplies of everything from books to copy paper: That is what the reduction in per - pupil state funding looks like in thousands of classrooms around the country since the Great Recession — despite a much vaunted economic recovery.

States would face a reduction in federal transportation funding if they do not change their laws by October 1.

There would be cuts in state benefits, central government departments and a 26 % reduction in central government funding for local government.

Patty Bentley, a NYSUT political action coordinator, said as a county legislator, Jones has demonstrated he understands the funding formula that has led to a reduction of state aid in recent years.

«In an environment when we have to cut funding to schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and social services, no area of state spending, including parks and historic sites, could be exempt from reductions,» he said.

«The Commission is concerned that over-reliance on international offsets — given the practical difficulty of assuring that emissions reductions claimed in other countries are real, permanent, additional, and verifiable — could undermine program goals and political support, especially if substantial U.S. funds are leaving the country to support abatement efforts abroad rather than at home,» it states.

LONDON (Reuters)- Nations including the United States and Sweden are advancing plans to launch a new fund this year to pay for methane emission reduction projects in the developing world.

Tellingly, the authors find large effects when state funds are used to increase institutional expenditures but virtually no effect when they are used for across - the - board reductions in sticker price.

The existence of kindergarten funding among all states in a region (relative to none) was associated with a statistically significant 25 - percentage - point - reduction in the likelihood that an African American child attended Head Start at age five.

Data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics suggest that the introduction of state funding for kindergarten prompted a reduction in Head Start participation among African Americans.

It cites increases in teacher salaries, a shift in school funding from local property taxes to state taxes, and a reduction in the disparities between poor and wealthy districts as financing changes that were successful «even in the first year.»